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"We did it, Patrick! We made a technological breakthrough!"

A place for all those who loathe AI to discuss things, post articles, and ridicule the AI hype. Proud supporter of working people. And proud booer of SXSW 2024.

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I want to apologize for changing the description without telling people first. After reading arguments about how AI has been so overhyped, I'm not that frightened by it. It's awful that it hallucinates, and that it just spews garbage onto YouTube and Facebook, but it won't completely upend society. I'll have articles abound on AI hype, because they're quite funny, and gives me a sense of ease knowing that, despite blatant lies being easy to tell, it's way harder to fake actual evidence.

I also want to factor in people who think that there's nothing anyone can do. I've come to realize that there might not be a way to attack OpenAI, MidJourney, or Stable Diffusion. These people, which I will call Doomers from an AIHWOS article, are perfectly welcome here. You can certainly come along and read the AI Hype Wall Of Shame, or the diminishing returns of Deep Learning. Maybe one can even become a Mod!

Boosters, or people who heavily use AI and see it as a source of good, ARE NOT ALLOWED HERE! I've seen Boosters dox, threaten, and harass artists over on Reddit and Twitter, and they constantly champion artists losing their jobs. They go against the very purpose of this community. If I hear a comment on here saying that AI is "making things good" or cheering on putting anyone out of a job, and the commenter does not retract their statement, said commenter will be permanently banned. FA&FO.

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Alright, I just want to clarify that I've never modded a Lemmy community before. I just have the mantra of "if nobody's doing the right thing, do it yourself". I was also motivated by the decision from u/spez to let an unknown AI company use Reddit's imagery. If you know how to moderate well, please let me know. Also, feel free to discuss ways to attack AI development, and if you have evidence of AIBros being cruel and remorseless, make sure to save the evidence for people "on the fence". Remember, we don't know if AI is unstoppable. AI uses up loads of energy to be powered, and tons of circuitry. There may very well be an end to this cruelty, and it's up to us to begin that end.

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I got a little curious about local LLM hosting I'll admit, and was playing with a few models to look for obvious censorship etc.

I've tended to make some assumptions about Deepseek due to its country of origin, and I thought I'd check that out in particular.

Turns out that Winnie the Pooh thing is jut not happening.

😂

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I work at a thrift shop, came across this cursed object. I wonder what happened here.

I'm imagining some kid getting gifted this, getting creeped out (or simply the AI art making the intentions feel hollow), and getting rid of it ASAP.

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This store had a case filled with these plaques that had images clearly made by AI. 15€ lol

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Temu Tony Stark is apparently terrible at leading teams for AI development.

... Which is wild, because that was his whole qualification for rewiring the federal government.

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Angela Collier (the same woman who posted an almost 1 hour video about how Target failed to understand their customers when they stood down their DEI programs) posted this video that summarizes the problem with AI.

Very worth the watch (or listen)

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[W]hile tech leaders were speaking in shimmering platitudes during panel sessions, they were undoubtedly saving their real feelings — and dealmaking — for off the stage. So I camped out a block away from the summit at the Waldorf Astoria bar, where billionaires, founders, and Trump‑world power brokers gathered to toast the country’s AI future (and figure out how to profit from it).

Boy, was I right.

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I read that people asked LLMs to get regurgitated slop instead of directly reading the real source and I didn't believe that.

So, 12ft got shut down by publishers but chatgpt not? Shutdown now!

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Congressional Republicans have delivered on the pro-Israel organization AIPAC’s wish list in the latest military spending bill, including tens of millions of dollars a year for the Israeli military to develop AI technologies.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/33506497

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Spotify is going to get its ass sued into oblivion. Music estates, RIAA, and record companies do not fuck around.

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Tesla Inc. is set to face off with the California Department of Motor Vehicles over claims that the company has exaggerated the capabilities of its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving technology and misled consumers.

The stakes are high at a five-day hearing in Oakland starting Monday because the regulator is seeking to suspend or revoke Tesla’s dealer license, which permits it to sell vehicles in the most populous state.

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A very expensive "solution" looking to solve "problems" for the richest patrons.

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